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Credit risk in Islamic microfinance institutions: The role of women, groups, and rural borrowers
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Using international data, we find that Islamic MFIs experience reduced credit risk by offering more groups loans, serving more women, and serving more borrowers in rural locations. Conventional MFIs benefit from fewer group ...
Autonomous Delivery Robots: A Literature Review
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
, 2023 , Article)
Autonomous delivery robots (ADRs) are a recent advent in delivery services. While studies on the technical aspects of ADRs are growing rapidly from technical perspectives, studies of ADRs from the business perspective are ...
Unveiling Qatarization: a strategic HRM perspective on the context of implementing successful workforce nationalization
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Taylor & Francis
, 2023 , Article)
This study is motivated by the infancy of literature on strategic HRM in regard to government policies and the lack of empirical research on the HRM policy of nationalization in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council ...
Frugal entrepreneurship: A way to seize business opportunities for low-income customers
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Article)
Frugal innovation (FI) is a recently emerged phenomenon that is increasingly gaining importance to serve a set of customers in developing countries. Frugal entrepreneurship (FE) based on frugal innovations is emerging from ...
Debate: Reimagining strategic management of social responsibilities in US universities—A comment on George et al. (2023)
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Taylor and Francis [Routledge]
, 2023 , Article)
The focus on the social responsibilities of universities has been increasingly emphasized in recent years, pushing these institutions to go beyond their conventional mission and address emerging societal challenges. This ...
Is digital gold a hedge, safe haven, or diversifier? An analysis of cryptocurrencies, DeFi tokens, and NFTs
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Taylor & Francis
, 2024 , Article)
The crypto assets market is growing rapidly, exposing investors to new risks. As a result, finding viable candidates to hedge and diversify crypto portfolios is a critical and timely topic. In this paper, we explore the ...
Assessing the Potential Impact of Introducing VAT on Price Levels in Qatar
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Internationaal Bureau voor Fiscale Documentatie (IBFD)
, 2021 , Article)
Potential introduction of VAT in Qatar may have a significant pass-through effect on inflation rates. Nevertheless, using the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices at constant tax rates (HICP-CT), in this article the authors ...
Advancing sustainable performance management in the hospitality industry: A novel framework based on a health-inclusive balanced scorecard
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2023 , Article)
Sustainable tourism garnered interest as the United Nations set goals that could be met by the tourism industry. However, sustainability performance metrics have been peripheral in the hospitality industry. This study ...
SME internationalisation: Do the types of innovation matter?
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2023 , Article)
Existing evidence suggest that innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (or SMEs) are more likely to internationalise (i.e. have a greater propensity to export) than non-innovative SMEs. However, it is not yet clear ...
Frugal innovation for sustainable rural development
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Sustainable development (SD) is a key concern for businesses, governments, and policymakers, with a particular emphasis on rural areas for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Frugal innovation offers a new ...